Bannon reportedly called Trump on Friday night after news broke that conservative publication Washington Free Beacon had reportedly helped fund the research that led to a controversial dossier linking Trump to Russia. Singer funds the publication.

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Bannon told Trump he had wanted “to set things right with Singer and his entire crew” for a long time, according to Axios.

Singer, a hedge fund billionaire, is also a top donor for the Republican party and donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration.

The Washington Examiner first reported Friday that the Washington Free Beacon paid Fusion GPS, the firm that produced the dossier, for anti-Trump research. That research eventually led to the dossier.

The Beacon said it had requested opposition research on several Republican candidates and denied any connections to the dossier.